History, Theory, Criticism

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History, Theory, Criticism
Courtyard of a Shophouse in Malacca
Details at Kota Gede
Indian Labourers at Changi, circa 1930s
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Situating Domesticities 2017
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History, Theory, Criticism

Overview

The History Theory Criticism cluster develops critical capacities to examine questions of built environmental production and consumption within historical and contemporary milieu. Taking architecture and urbanism in Asia as its primary focus, members work in interdisciplinary and transnational modes. We research a wide range of topics in colonial/postcolonial and modern/postmodern Asian contexts. We teach with the aim to produce historical literacy and consciousness among our students so that they can understand how the present is historically sedimented. Besides teaching, members also publish widely in diverse forms, organise and participate in major conferences and workshops, curate key exhibitions, and advise both governmental and non-governmental organisations around the world.